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yt-dlp

8 known vulnerabilities.

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  • High 7.5

    yt-dlp: Downstream command injection via improper sanitization of yt-dlp --write-link output

    yt-dlp and youtube-dl are command-line audio/video downloaders. Prior to 2026.7.4, the --write-link, --write-url-link, and --write-desktop-link options can write .url or .desktop shortcut files using attacker-controlled webpage_url or filename metadata withou…

  • Medium 6.1

    yt-dlp: File Downloader cookie leak with curl

    yt-dlp is a command-line audio/video downloader. From 2023.09.24 until 2026.06.09, if curl is used as an external downloader for yt-dlp, cookies may be leaked to an unintended host upon HTTP redirect or when the host for download fragments differs from their …

  • High 8.3

    yt-dlp: Arbitrary code execution via manifest downloads with aria2c

    yt-dlp is a command-line audio/video downloader. Prior to 2026.06.09, if aria2c is used as an external downloader for a fragmented manifest format (such as an HLS/DASH stream), yt-dlp passes insufficiently sanitized input to aria2c that allows an attacker to …

  • High 8.3

    yt-dlp: Dangerous file type creation via insufficient filename sanitization (Bypass of CVE-2024-38519)

    yt-dlp is a command-line audio/video downloader. Prior to 2026.06.09, a vulnerability exists in yt-dlp that allows a remote attacker to write arbitrary OS-shortcut files (such as .desktop, .url, .webloc) to the user's filesystem, bypassing the remediation for…

  • High 8.8
    CVE-2026-26331 Public exploit

    yt-dlp: Arbitrary Command Injection when using the `--netrc-cmd` option

    yt-dlp is a command-line audio/video downloader. Starting in version 2023.06.21 and prior to version 2026.02.21, when yt-dlp's `--netrc-cmd` command-line option (or `netrc_cmd` Python API parameter) is used, an attacker could achieve arbitrary command injecti…

  • High 7.8

    yt-dlp and youtube-dl vulnerable to file system modification and RCE through improper file-extension sanitization

    `yt-dlp` and `youtube-dl` are command-line audio/video downloaders. Prior to the fixed versions, `yt-dlp` and `youtube-dl` do not limit the extensions of downloaded files, which could lead to arbitrary filenames being created in the download folder (and path …

  • Medium 5.0

    Generic Extractor MITM Vulnerability in yt-dlp

    yt-dlp is a youtube-dl fork with additional features and fixes. The Generic Extractor in yt-dlp is vulnerable to an attacker setting an arbitrary proxy for a request to an arbitrary url, allowing the attacker to MITM the request made from yt-dlp's HTTP sessio…

  • Medium 6.1

    yt-dlp File Downloader cookie leak

    yt-dlp is a command-line program to download videos from video sites. During file downloads, yt-dlp or the external downloaders that yt-dlp employs may leak cookies on HTTP redirects to a different host, or leak them when the host for download fragments diffe…